Nicholas VI of Alexandria

His Beatitude Nicholas VI of Alexandria was the Pope and Patriarch of the Church of Alexandria from 1968 to 1986. Nicholas came to the throne of the see of Alexandria during a time when the number of faithful in the patriarchate was falling, an issue that he recognized and faced with determination.

He was elected patriarch on May 10, 1968. After his installation as Pope of Alexandria, he instituted a reorganization of the patriarchate and improved the infrastructure of its ecclesiastical institutions. He transferred the seat of the patriarchate from the Monastery of St. Savvas to a new monastery at the Tositsas School in Alexandria that had been closed in 1968.